At least 15 persons were killed and several others injured when a portion of an under-construction flyover collapsed near the busy commercial area of Punjagutta in Hyderabad on Sunday evening around 7pm. But, the local daily, Eenadu, reports that around 20 people died already 
The flyover, which was being constructed with sophisticated construction technology of pre-stressed concrete moulds since September 2005, was due to be inaugurated in December this year.
The 1.7 km long flyover, being built on pre-stressed cement concrete method at a cost of Rs 28.29 crore, was billed to have features that would make it terror and quake proof. In the event, the structure could not withstand 5.7 cm rain on Sunday evening. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) officials had claimed that the flyover would withstand high pressure and explosions.
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